About Us
I would like to welcome everyone to our page. You are invited to visit the Center for Academic Advising's pages and to communicate with the Center through email and through the advisors personally. We have listed our contact information for your use.
The Center for Academic Advising is a newly developed center, established in 2012. While the Center has met with a well-received and productive start, we would like to encourage you all to help in developing it further. We believe that your opinion as a stakeholder is the most important element in creating a lively center which attends to the students' expectations, challenges and needs.
The Center for Academic Advising plays a very important role in the retention and persistence of Qatar University students. The secret is that we as advisors are trying to establish a close relation with the students, so we can identify and attend to their academic and non-academic needs. Walking this path, we will not settle for being someone who provides the students with a piece of paper containing what courses to register for. We want to help students in understanding the university's environment. Also, we would like to create communication channels between the students and the university's community in general.
We are a group of full-time academic advisors who are completely dedicated to spending the sufficient time with students individually to help them reach their academic goals for which they joined the university. Thus, we consider retaining and supporting students till graduation is the fruit of this relationship.
As a student at QU, there are always numerous new opportunities before you. We encourage you all to take advantage of the wonderful resources available, and to meet with your academic advisors within the first week and through of each semester. We wish you all at QU a fulfilling and mind-opening journey of personal and academic growth.
Best Wishes,
Wedad Abdulla Rebeeh
Director, Center for Academic Advising
Mission:
To promote student success by delivering personalized and proactive academic advising to all undergraduate students empowering them to be active and responsible learners in order to achieve their academic and life goals.
Objectives:
- Promote student learning from academic advising.
- Support the development of special populations of students.
- Enhance students' success, engagement and satisfaction with the quality of academic advising services.
- Improve productivity of and communication with academic advising stakeholders.
- Provide professional learning opportunities to staff based on CAS Standards for Academic Advising. and Standards of Professional Learning by Learning Forward Association.
Academic Advising at Qatar University is a collaborative process between the student and the Academic Advisor wherein Academic Advisors serve as the first point of communication and a primary link between the student's program and the other available resources at the university. Academic Advisors deliver personalized and proactive academic advising to all undergraduate students empowering them to be active and responsible learners. Academic Advisors are equipped with necessary information and tools to provide students with accurate and up-to-date information in regards to the institutional policies, procedures, academic programs, and available resources.
The Academic Advising services are delivered in a form of one-on-one advising sessions, intervention sessions, and group advising sessions, class visits, or workshops. During one-on-one advising sessions, Advisors ensure the unique needs of students are met. The students can book an appointment with their assigned Academic Advisor using the Appointment Manager or simply visits the Advisors in their offices within colleges.
ADVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES
The Academic Advisors strive to create a community of learners by helping students identify their life, career, and educational goals during the course of their academic journey at Qatar University. The Academic Advisors work closely with the students, guide and support them to set and achieve their academic, career and personal goals. The role of the Academic Advisors at Qatar University is:
- Provide you assistance with academic planning, identifying the appropriate academic programs, and identifying and meeting the requirements of specialization and graduation requirements;
- Teach you about the available campus resources and services and make necessary referrals to the relevant stakeholders when needed;
- Help you make responsible decisions consistent with the student’s interest, goals, and abilities;
- Provide you with accurate and up-to-date information regarding the academic requirements, university policies and procedures;
- Provide you with an intervention when you are academically at risk by developing and implementing effective intervention strategies to ensure your success;
- Advise you on selecting and registering the accurate courses according to your study plans;
- Advise you on your academic progress toward graduation and achieving your academic goals.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Academic Advisors at Qatar University help students make effective academic choices; it is your responsibility to plan for completing your academic programs and follow up on your academic status. Hence, you are encouraged to take the lead in initiating communication with your academic advisors and communicate with them routinely. Regular communication with the academic advisor helps you develop basic university skills such as communication skills, decision making and problem solving, as well as to participate effectively in university life and thus enhance your university experience. Therefore, you are advised to visit your academic advisor at least once during the semester.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Student Learning Outcomes from Academic Advising at Qatar University are:
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of QU academic policies and procedures;
- Students will effectively utilize available technological resources at QU (such as Banner and Appointment Manager) for educational planning;
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of academic and degree program requirements;
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of accurate course selection to progress in achieving their degree program requirements;
One-on-One Advising Sessions
One-on-One Advising Sessions are the most frequent way of advisor/advisee meetings. You can schedule a face-to-face appointment with your assigned academic advisors using the Appointment Manager. In addition, you can contact your advisor via phone calls and the available online platforms. During One-On-One advising sessions, advisors ensure your unique needs are met. These sessions depend on your needs and are guided by student learning outcomes. You can register yourself on the daily appointment waiting list via Appointment Manager for online advising sessions or visit advising office for walk-in sessions.
Group Advising Sessions
Regular and consistent communication outside the office environment is one of the best practices used by the Academic Advisors to ensure that you are involved in the campus community. Academic Advisors provide different types of group advising sessions tailored to different students’ needs by conducting diverse learning opportunities such as workshops targeting different categories of students, class visits, events, and activities guided by specific learning outcomes. Each learning opportunity is assessed.
At-Risk Intervention Sessions
The Academic Advising Center develops and implements interventions for at-risk students (on probation or academic warning) to ensure their success. This process is carried out through ongoing communication and collaboration with other departments and relevant stakeholders at the University. Early intervention for at risk students is carried out during the one-on-one advising sessions.
